In March, Saginaw resident Vance D. Martin was pulled over by Michigan State Police troopers after reportedly speeding and running two stop signs. In the following half-hour or so, things would escalate to the point that a trooper repeatedly punched a handcuffed Martin in the face.
Months on, two MSP troopers and two Saginaw Police Department officers are facing criminal charges stemming from their interaction with Martin.
While video footage of the incident recorded by a civilian bystander was previously published on MLive, the Saginaw Police Department has now released footage recorded by its officers.
Via a Freedom of Information Act request, MLive-The Saginaw News obtained four videos totaling about 90 minutes. The cumulative footage was recorded by cameras worn by Saginaw Police Officers Jordan Engelhart and Dominic Vasquez and their vehicles’ dashboard-mounted cameras.
The footage begins with Engelhart and Vasquez arriving on the scene of a traffic stop initiated by MSP troopers in the 2300 block of Annesley Street about 7:15 p.m. on March 28. Already stopped by troopers is a red Pontiac Grand Am, with 47-year-old Martin — the driver — already standing outside the car, his wrists cuffed behind his back as troopers search him.
Engelhart instructs an adult male passenger to exit the car, then handcuffs him as well.
As this occurs, Martin repeatedly asks why he was stopped and professes his innocence of any wrongdoing.
“They ain’t got no bodycam or nothing,” Martin says, referring to the troopers.
“I got a bodycam, boss,” Engelhart tells him. “You’re alright.”
Engelhart then searches the Pontiac’s passenger, removing items from his pockets. Meanwhile, MSP Troopers Bram L. Schroeder and Zachary W. Tebedo try putting Martin in the backseat of one of their patrol cars, with Tebedo holding a Taser toward Martin while doing so.
Engelhart encourages Martin to get in the car as he resists, assuring him everything is on camera.
“Get in the car, man,” one officer says.
“I’m about to, but this guy about to—”
Schroeder then punches Martin once squarely in his face, causing him to drop to the ground, his knees buckled beneath him.
Martin loudly groans as officers ask him about his breathing. Officers also radio for medical personnel to come to the scene.
Moments later, Vasquez stands beside Martin as he’s seated on the ground, leaning against the rear passenger-side tire of the MSP patrol car. Vasquez speaks with him, offering to help him stand. Vasquez assures him his bodycam is on.
“I’m with the city police,” Vasquez says. “This ain’t my gig, bro. I’m here, if you want help, I’ll help you. If you want help up, I’ll help you up.”
Martin asks Vasquez to let him out of the handcuffs but the officer replies he cannot do that. After several minutes, Vasquez and a trooper hoist Martin to his feet and lean him against the side of the patrol car.
Several minutes after Schroeder punches Martin, Mobile Medical Response personnel arrive and speak with Martin. He expresses confusion but declines their offer to take him to a hospital.
Officers then resume trying to get Martin in their car as he repeatedly shouts he does not know what’s going on.
“This (expletive) trying to kill me,” Martin yells, after which Schroeder punches him two or three more times in his face. This second round of punches happens about 14 minutes after Schroeder first punches Martin.
Martin again falls to the ground and continues shouting to civilian bystanders. The officers then place Martin in the back of the patrol car.
Police reports previously obtained by MLive from the MSP via the Freedom of Information Act state troopers noticed the Pontiac turn onto eastbound Annesley Street at a high rate of speed. Troopers’ radar indicated the Pontiac was going 46 mph in a 25-mph zone, their reports state.
Troopers pulled over the Pontiac in the 2300 block of Annesley Street after Martin failed to stop at two stop signs. Troopers wrote in their reports that Martin was uncooperative, failing to provide identification or step out of the Pontiac.
Police searched the Pontiac and found open bottles of Michelob Ultra and Seagram’s Extra Smooth Vodka. Troopers wrote in their reports that Martin had bloodshot eyes, smelled strongly of intoxicants, had slurred speech, was lethargic, and displayed severe mood swings, leading them to believe he was intoxicated. They were unable to administer a preliminary Breathalyzer test to Martin at the scene.
Martin slept in the troopers’ car as they drove him to Covenant HealthCare for an evaluation and a chemical blood draw. The results of the blood draw have not been made public.
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The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General gave an update on a Sept. 19 shooting in which three officers shot and killed a New Haven man.
The inspector general’s office said that the man, 36-year-old Jebrell Conley, had an outstanding arrest warrant on robbery and firearm charges. The police department was told that Conley was at the Splash Car Wash on Boston Post Road in West Haven.
Once police arrived at the car wash, they allegedly tried to block Conley’s Hyundai Tucson with their patrol vehicles. As officers moved in attempts to arrest him, the report said that Conley fired one round that shattered the front driver side window of his car.
Three officers: Connecticut State Police Sgt. Colin Richter, New Haven Police Sgt. Francisco Sanchez and New Haven Police Officer Michael Valente, shot at Conley, according to the report, striking him multiple times until he fell out of the car and onto the parking lot.
Body camera footage shows the moments that shots were fired from both Conley and police.
Conley was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officers said that they recovered a handgun with a high capacity magazine from the Hyundai Tucson that Conley was driving, which appeared to be jammed.
New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson said based on the body camera video and initial investigation, he believes his officers used appropriate force to protect themselves and the public.
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A man barricaded himself in a burning home on the near west side of Indianapolis Saturday evening.
Per the Indianapolis Fire Department, crews were first dispatched to the 1100 block of Mount Street after they received a notification from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department around 5:50 p.m.
IMPD units were dispatched to the scene on a report of a domestic disturbance. When officers arrived, they relayed information about a residence fire in the area to IFD.
Firefighters found heavy fire emanating from the front of a house when they made it to the scene. They also discovered a car that was fully involved in flames in the home’s driveway.
IMPD helped IFD remove an uncooperative 58-year-old male from the house. Witnesses told first responders the man intentionally set the residence on fire before barricading himself inside.
According to IFD, police had to forcibly move a dresser that was blocking the entrance to the home. Once inside, officers placed the man in handcuffs and pulled him from the residence while the fire was still burning.
A public police report on the incident indicates Daniel Fred Luter was the man police arrested during the incident.
Luter has been preliminarily charged with arson of dwelling, arson that endangers human life, intimidation, escape and resisting law enforcement. The most serious of the charges Luter faces — arson of a dwelling and arson that endangers human life — are Level 4 Felonies. The maximum penalties for Level 4 Felonies in Indiana is a 12-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $10,000.
IFD reported that multiple rounds of ammunition went off inside the burning vehicle while crews were trying to extinguish the fire. IFD and IMPD investigators have determined that the blaze was intentionally set.
Per IFD, one firefighter sustained a “slight injury” during the incident. The firefighter was transported from the scene to IU Methodist Hospital.
IMPD and IFD are still investigating the domestic disturbance and subsequent arson.
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A for-hire driver taking three women to a medical appointment led New York City officers on a chase through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel during rush hour, according to NYPD.
Officers tried pulling over the man's Jeep during an operation targeting vehicles with "ghost plates" on the Queens side of the tunnel at around 9 a.m. Thursday, police said.
The driver took off and entered the tunnel with officers in pursuit, police said.
NYPD dashcam video shows officers maneuvering around the Jeep and boxing the driver in. The driver, identified as a 33-year-old man from the Bronx, was eventually forced to stop.
Police said the man's Jeep had active registration suspensions for unpaid tolls and parking tickets, a fraudulent paper license plate that was purportedly issued in Georgia and was uninsured at the time.
Police said the man's license had been suspended seven times. He was later charged with assaulting a police officer, unlawful imprisonment and reckless endangerment.
The women, who are from Westchester and Putnam counties, told police they called a medical transport company to book a ride to an appointment in Manhattan that morning.
They were treated for minor injuries at a hospital in Westchester, police said.
Two officers reportedly suffered minor injuries while trying to arrest the driver in the tunnel.
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New police body-worn camera footage shows a high speed pursuit in Talbot County that ended in a deadly crash.
On July 22 sheriff's deputies tried stopping a car on route 50 near Dutchmans Lane in Easton.
The unidentified teen driver refused to stop, prompting a chase of nearly 10 minutes.
Around 7:15 that evening, the driver lost control, colliding into a tree on Black Dog Alley.
Three passengers, a juvenile and two women, were also in the car at the time of the crash.
The woman seated in the front passenger seat died at the hospital.
Three others inside the car suffered serious injuries.
It's unclear why officers initially tried stopping the vehicle.
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An unusual animal is no longer roaming the streets of Lawrence.
A goat that had been making drivers and residents in Lawrence, Kansas, worried by darting across streets and through town is now on the lam.
Officers with the Lawrence Police Department cornered the goat on the side of a home, and shared video of body camera footage of the capture on Thursday.
In March, Saginaw resident Vance D. Martin was pulled over by Michigan State Police troopers after reportedly speeding and running two stop signs. In the following half-hour or so, things would escalate to the point that a trooper repeatedly punched a handcuffed Martin in the face.
Months on, two MSP troopers and two Saginaw Police Department officers are facing criminal charges stemming from their interaction with Martin.
While video footage of the incident recorded by a civilian bystander was previously published on MLive, the Saginaw Police Department has now released footage recorded by its officers.
Via a Freedom of Information Act request, MLive-The Saginaw News obtained four videos totaling about 90 minutes. The cumulative footage was recorded by cameras worn by Saginaw Police Officers Jordan Engelhart and Dominic Vasquez and their vehicles’ dashboard-mounted cameras.
The footage begins with Engelhart and Vasquez arriving on the scene of a traffic stop initiated by MSP troopers in the 2300 block of Annesley Street about 7:15 p.m. on March 28. Already stopped by troopers is a red Pontiac Grand Am, with 47-year-old Martin — the driver — already standing outside the car, his wrists cuffed behind his back as troopers search him.
Engelhart instructs an adult male passenger to exit the car, then handcuffs him as well.
As this occurs, Martin repeatedly asks why he was stopped and professes his innocence of any wrongdoing.
“They ain’t got no bodycam or nothing,” Martin says, referring to the troopers.
“I got a bodycam, boss,” Engelhart tells him. “You’re alright.”
Engelhart then searches the Pontiac’s passenger, removing items from his pockets. Meanwhile, MSP Troopers Bram L. Schroeder and Zachary W. Tebedo try putting Martin in the backseat of one of their patrol cars, with Tebedo holding a Taser toward Martin while doing so.
Engelhart encourages Martin to get in the car as he resists, assuring him everything is on camera.
“Get in the car, man,” one officer says.
“I’m about to, but this guy about to—”
Schroeder then punches Martin once squarely in his face, causing him to drop to the ground, his knees buckled beneath him.
Martin loudly groans as officers ask him about his breathing. Officers also radio for medical personnel to come to the scene.
Moments later, Vasquez stands beside Martin as he’s seated on the ground, leaning against the rear passenger-side tire of the MSP patrol car. Vasquez speaks with him, offering to help him stand. Vasquez assures him his bodycam is on.
“I’m with the city police,” Vasquez says. “This ain’t my gig, bro. I’m here, if you want help, I’ll help you. If you want help up, I’ll help you up.”
Martin asks Vasquez to let him out of the handcuffs but the officer replies he cannot do that. After several minutes, Vasquez and a trooper hoist Martin to his feet and lean him against the side of the patrol car.
Several minutes after Schroeder punches Martin, Mobile Medical Response personnel arrive and speak with Martin. He expresses confusion but declines their offer to take him to a hospital.
Officers then resume trying to get Martin in their car as he repeatedly shouts he does not know what’s going on.
“This (expletive) trying to kill me,” Martin yells, after which Schroeder punches him two or three more times in his face. This second round of punches happens about 14 minutes after Schroeder first punches Martin.
Martin again falls to the ground and continues shouting to civilian bystanders. The officers then place Martin in the back of the patrol car.
Police reports previously obtained by MLive from the MSP via the Freedom of Information Act state troopers noticed the Pontiac turn onto eastbound Annesley Street at a high rate of speed. Troopers’ radar indicated the Pontiac was going 46 mph in a 25-mph zone, their reports state.
Troopers pulled over the Pontiac in the 2300 block of Annesley Street after Martin failed to stop at two stop signs. Troopers wrote in their reports that Martin was uncooperative, failing to provide identification or step out of the Pontiac.
Police searched the Pontiac and found open bottles of Michelob Ultra and Seagram’s Extra Smooth Vodka. Troopers wrote in their reports that Martin had bloodshot eyes, smelled strongly of intoxicants, had slurred speech, was lethargic, and displayed severe mood swings, leading them to believe he was intoxicated. They were unable to administer a preliminary Breathalyzer test to Martin at the scene.
Martin slept in the troopers’ car as they drove him to Covenant HealthCare for an evaluation and a chemical blood draw. The results of the blood draw have not been made public.